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A Chair for My Mother (1982)

by Vera B. WILLIAMS

Series: A Chair for My Mother (1)

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A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
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A girl, her mother, and her grandmother lost their home to fire. The community rallies around them, but the one thing they haven't been able to replace is comfortable chairs. The family saves up all their extra money to buy a big, comfortable armchair.
  KristenRoper | Mar 14, 2024 |
A girl, her mother, and her grandmother lost their home to fire. The community rallies around them, but the one thing they haven't been able to replace is comfortable chairs. The family saves up all their extra money to buy a big, comfortable armchair.
  KristenRoper | Mar 14, 2024 |
This is a heartwarming story of a young girl who lives with her mother and grandmother. After a fire destroys their old apartment, neighbors donate items for their new apartment. But there is nowhere soft and comfortable to sit. She wants to get a comfortable place for her mom to sit after working long days at a diner. So they all save up whatever they can in a jar and use that to go shopping for the perfect chair. This is the perfect book for a heartwarming read aloud that delves into the topic of community and caring for others.
  TravisJ | Mar 2, 2024 |
Dulzura, una historia actual ( )
  pattym21 | Jan 25, 2024 |
Independent Reading Level: K - 3rd Grade
Awards: Caldecott Honor Award (1983)
  vflore21 | Dec 5, 2023 |
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A Chair for My Mother
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1982
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to the memory of my mother, Rebecca Poringer Baker
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My mother works as a waitress in the Blue Tile Diner.
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A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
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813Literature › English (North America) › American fiction

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PZ7.W6685Language and Literature › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Fiction and juvenile belles lettres › Juvenile belles lettres

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